Marketplace fee changes, tracked
Every marketplace fee change, dated and priced.
Marketplaces and carriers change their schedules quietly, and a changed fee is a changed margin on every sale that follows it. This page is the standing log: each change with the date it took effect, what actually changed, and what it does to a $40 sale. Entries are checked against marketplace announcements, help pages and carrier notices. Last checked November 11, 2026.
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The changes that matter most right now
- Carriers, December 2026 and January 2027: UPS daily rates rise by an average of 5.9 percent on December 21, 2026 and FedEx follows on January 4, 2027, while USPS prices step down on January 18, 2027, when two temporary layers expire together. The January carrier changes, worked out
- Amazon, January 15, 2027 (announced): FBA fulfillment fees rise by an average of $0.19 per unit. Announced November 5, 2026, so FBA sellers can reprice before it lands. The Amazon changes, worked out
- Etsy, January 4, 2027: the Share & Save holiday refund of 6.5 percent ends and the standard 4 percent refund resumes, $1.00 less back on every eligible $40 order you drive yourself. The Share & Save change, worked out
- Mercari, January 6, 2025: the zero seller fee experiment ended. Sellers pay a flat 10 percent again, the largest single swing in this log.
- eBay, February 14, 2025: the final value fee rose from 13.25 to 13.6 percent in most categories, about $0.14 more on a $40 sale.
- Etsy, June 22, 2026: the Regulatory Operating Fee rose in the UK, France, Italy and Spain and started in Hungary. US shops do not pay it.
- Whatnot, September 21, 2026: the flat 8 percent commission became a tiered rate set by your prior four weeks of sales.
| Date effective | Marketplace | What changed | Effect on a $40 sale | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2027 | USPS | Two temporary layers come off at once. The holiday season amounts end at 12 a.m. CT on January 17, 2027, and the 8 percent time limited increase on the same services ends with them, so Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, Ground Advantage and Parcel Select prices step down to the regular prices set in July 2026. USPS has announced no permanent January 2027 shipping increase. Full breakdown and calculator | Commercial Ground Advantage parcels get $0.40 to $0.55 cheaper at the lightest weights, and about $74 of every $1,000 of postage was the 8 percent layer. | Announced |
| Jan 15, 2027 | Amazon | FBA fulfillment fees rise by an average of $0.19 per unit sold, about 0.8 percent of the average item price. Storage rules change on February 1, 2027: the storage utilization surcharge ends and aged inventory moves to one age based storage rate. Announced November 5, 2026. Full breakdown and calculator | About $0.19 more per unit shipped, before the 3.5 percent fuel and logistics surcharge that stays in place. | Announced |
| Jan 4, 2027 | Etsy | The Share & Save holiday refund ends. Through January 4, 2027, Etsy refunds the full 6.5 percent transaction fee on eligible orders a seller drives through their own Share & Save links. After that date the standard refund of 4 percent of the order total resumes. Full breakdown and calculator | 2.5 percent of the order total on each eligible order: $1.00 less back on a $40 order, $0.75 on a $30 order. | Announced |
| Jan 4, 2027 | FedEx | Standard list rates rise by an average of 5.9 percent across US package services, the fourth year in a row at that average. The Ground minimum charge rises from $11.99 to $12.70. Full breakdown | About $0.89 more on a $15 list rate shipment at the average increase, and $0.71 more on every minimum charge Ground parcel. | Announced |
| Dec 21, 2026 | UPS | Daily rates for Ground, Air and International services rise by an average net 5.9 percent. Packages that trigger Additional Handling are billed at a minimum of 50 pounds, up from 40. Full breakdown | About 5.9 percent more on daily rates at the average. Oversized parcels billed at the 50 pound minimum can move far more than the average. | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2026 | Whatnot | The Premier Shop commission discount ended. Premier Shops previously paid 10 percent less commission; the rate is now set only by the sales tier. | A Premier seller at the Standard tier pays 8 percent again instead of an effective 7.2 percent, about $0.32 more on a $40 sale. | In force |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Whatnot | The flat 8 percent commission became tiered. Total sales across all categories in one four week period set the tier, and the tier sets a per category commission for the next period. Top public tiers reach 6.5 percent for sports and trading cards, 4.5 percent for fashion and 4 percent for the Other group. | Nothing at the Standard tier, still 8 percent. High volume sellers save up to 3.5 points, about $1.40 on a $40 sale. | In force |
| Jul 1, 2026 | eBay | The Below Standard surcharge escalates. A seller who stays Below Standard for four or more consecutive months moves from a 6 percent additional fee to 7 percent. What it costs, worked out | One extra point on every sale, but only for accounts that stay Below Standard: $0.40 more on a $40 sale, on top of the 6 points already charged. No effect on accounts in good standing. | In force |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Etsy | The Regulatory Operating Fee rose in four countries and started in a fifth: UK 0.32 to 0.48 percent, France 0.47 to 1.14 percent, Italy 0.32 to 0.80 percent, Spain 0.72 to 0.88 percent, Hungary new at 1.97 percent. The fee is charged on the order total. Announced April 22, 2026. | A French shop pays about $0.27 more on a $40 order. US shops pay no Regulatory Operating Fee. | In force |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Amazon | A fuel and logistics surcharge of 3.5 percent was added on top of FBA fulfillment fees. It does not apply to referral or storage fees, and Amazon held it at the same rate in the 2027 update. | 3.5 percent on top of each unit's fulfillment fee, so the fee line rose even where the rate card did not. | In force |
| Dec 2025 | Etsy | A 1 percent fee for Instant Transfers, the optional faster payout route, was reported by fee trackers covering Etsy's schedule. We have not confirmed this one against an Etsy policy page yet, so it is listed as reported only. | Optional. 1 percent of any amount a seller chooses to transfer instantly. | Reported, unverified |
| Feb 14, 2025 | eBay | The final value fee rose from 13.25 to 13.6 percent in most categories, an increase of up to 0.35 points. Some categories were exempt; trading cards stayed at 13.25 percent. The per order fee did not change. | $5.30 became $5.44 on a $40 sale, $0.14 more, before the per order fee. | In force |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Mercari | The zero seller fee experiment ended. Sellers pay a flat 10 percent selling fee on the item price plus buyer paid shipping. The separate payment processing fee was removed for both sides, and buyers pay a 3.6 percent Buyer Protection fee. | $0 became $4.00 on a $40 item, the largest single change in this log. | In force |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Poshmark | The October fee trial was reversed after seller feedback, three weeks after it started. Fees returned to the long standing structure: a flat $2.95 on sales under $15 and 20 percent on sales of $15 and up. Poshmark refunded the fee differences from the trial window. | The trial pricing is gone. A $40 sale costs $8.00 in commission, as it did before the trial. | In force |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Poshmark | A new structure was tried: sellers paid $1, $2 or $3 by price point plus 5.99 percent, and buyers paid a protection fee on top. It lasted three weeks. | During the trial a $40 sale cost the seller about $5.40 instead of $8.00. Recorded here because old articles still describe it as current. | Reversed Oct 24, 2024 |
| Sep 2024 | Etsy | A one time shop setup fee started for new shops, announced at $15 and varying by country, up to $29 in some markets. Shops opened before September 2024 were not charged, and Etsy sometimes waives it in promotions. | One time only. It raises the cost of opening a shop, not the cost of a sale. | In force |
| Jul 2024 | Depop | Depop removed its US selling fee. US sellers pay no percentage commission and instead pay payment processing of 3.3 percent plus $0.45 per sale, while buyers pay a marketplace fee. | The old 10 percent selling fee on a $40 sale, $4.00, is gone. Processing of about $1.77 remains. | In force |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Mercari | Mercari dropped its seller fee to zero in a pricing experiment. Buyers covered a service fee and processing instead, and sellers kept the full sale price before shipping costs. | Seller fee was $0 through the experiment, which ended on January 6, 2025. | Ended Jan 6, 2025 |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Etsy | The transaction fee rose from 5 to 6.5 percent. The fee is charged on the item price plus the shipping and gift wrap the buyer pays. | $2.00 became $2.60 on a $40 item before any shipping in the base, $0.60 more per sale. | In force |
Sources: marketplace seller announcements, help centers and fee policy pages, and carrier pricing notices, checked November 11, 2026. The entry marked reported rests on secondary fee trackers only and is flagged on the row until we confirm it on Etsy's own policy page. Fee schedules change between checks; the marketplace or carrier's own page is the final word on the day you price.
After a changeRun your own numbers
A fee change only matters at your price point, with your shipping setup. The free calculators on this site run the current schedules: the Etsy fee calculator, the eBay calculator, the Mercari calculator, the Poshmark calculator and the Amazon calculator. Run a typical sale before and after any change that touches your marketplace, and reprice from the difference, not from the headline.
Who it fits: any seller whose marketplace appears in the log above.
Repricing decisionsResearch before you reprice
When a fee rises, the open question is whether your prices can rise with it, and that is a research question about what buyers already pay for comparable listings. Our side by side of the four Etsy research tools, EverBee, eRank, Alura and Marmalead, covers prices, strengths and honest limits in one place: Etsy research tools compared.
Who it fits: Etsy sellers deciding whether a fee change becomes a price change.
How this log is kept
Every entry carries the date the change took effect, not the date it was announced, unless the row is marked Announced. Figures are checked against the marketplace's own announcement, help center or fee policy first. Where only secondary trackers carry a change, the row is marked Reported, unverified until an official source confirms it. Reversed and ended changes stay in the log, marked, because sellers keep finding old articles that describe them as current.
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